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...Sienna Miller's fittings for the cover shoot, which gives us the pleasure of seeing a confident actress quiver in the presence of Wintour (not a hugger). But having sniffed out a good story arc, director R.J. Cutler, who produced The War Room and co-directed A Perfect Candidate, sticks to it, looking for more illustrations of conflict between the masthead's two giant feminine forces - like the scene in which Wintour eyes the results of a $50,000 photo shoot inspired by John Galliano designs and starts slashing. Coddington moans to co-workers, "She's killed half...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The September Issue: Humanizing the Devil | 8/28/2009 | See Source »

...benefited from the program? From the manufacturers' perspective, everybody except for the luxury carmakers. Hyundai, Kia, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, as well as Ford and GM's small-car lineups all experienced sizable sales increases. The perfect vehicle for the program was the sub-$20K midsize compact car. You will have a tough time finding any inventory that fits that description in most dealer lots today...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Cash for Clunkers a Success? | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

...used as all or part of the consumers' down payment, automatically increasing loan-approval rates - the bigger the down payment, the higher the approval rates for car loans, everything else being equal. The $4,500 incentive sometimes was doubled by manufacturer incentives. Even if you have less-than-perfect credit, if you put $9,000 down on a $25,000 vehicle, you have a good chance of getting approved. We also saw the captive finance companies becoming more flexible during the promotion in their approvals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Was Cash for Clunkers a Success? | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

...August afternoon in 2008, Ted Kennedy took John Kerry sailing on his 50-ft. schooner, the Mya.It was a perfect day on the water, sunny with the occasional cotton-ball cloud riding the strong winds over the family compound in Hyannis Port, Mass. With the Mya's blue hull moving at a good clip, Kennedy turned to his old friend with reminiscences of failed campaigns past: Kennedy's bid for the presidency in 1980 and Kerry's in 2004. What concerned Kennedy, who three months earlier had learned he had a malignant brain tumor, was legacy - Kerry's legacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: John Kerry: Back in the Hunt | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

...slurp up the ambrosial sauce of wine, lemon and garlic with a discarded clam shell. Solace can also be found in the convivial embrace of Enoteca Ai Artisti, tel: (39-41) 523 8499. There, a selection of four dozen or more local wines by the glass provides the perfect oenological tour of the region and the proprietor soothes art-related insecurities with his tales of Biennales past...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Venice Biennale | 8/26/2009 | See Source »

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